Winnebago County will transition to efileIL for all Civil Filings
effective August 30, 2018.

The current FCE E-filing portal used by attorneys will no longer be
available on August 29th at 5:00 pm. All users will be
required to efile in civil cases from an approved provider. Service
providers may be found at http://Efile.illinoiscourts.gov/service-providers.htm

On
Saturday, November 17, 2018, the Seventeenth Circuit Court celebrated its fifteenth annual National Adoption Day
Celebration at the Winnebago County Criminal
Justice Center. At this event, Judges Eugene
G. Doherty, Janet Holmgren, Mary Linn Green, and Francis M. Martinez along with
Circuit Clerk Tom Klein, local social
service agencies (DCFS, YSB, LSSI, CHASI) and
other court personnel volunteered their time to finalize 17 adoptions of children previously residing in foster care.

National
Adoption Day is a collective national effort to raise awareness of the estimated
117,000 children in foster care that are ready for adoption and waiting for a
family. On this day, members of the
judiciary, attorneys and social service agency professionals from all across
the United States work together to finalize adoptions and celebrate all of the
families participating in adoptions. Over the last fifteen years, a total of 374
children have been adopted into permanent loving families on National Adoption
Day in Winnebago County.

Chief Judge
Eugene G. Doherty stated, “It is a great privilege to be able to play a role in
creating permanent, loving homes for the children and families involved in
National Adoption Day. Today is truly a
day of celebration.” Judge Green
commented, "This is a very special day for all of us who work with
children and families in foster care. It gives us great joy to
participate in the adoptions of these young people into their 'forever' homes
with loving families to call their own."

For more
information about this event, please contact Deputy Court Administrator Kimberly
Ackmann at 815-319-4831 or
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